Life Of A Nobody - as a Villain

Chapter 299 Death threat for a heroine is a stage set for protagonist to shine

The ceiling of the first floor morphed as a cloudy smoke of darkness covered it whole. The smoke gathered in one place forming a shape similar to a closed giant eye.

The eye started opening very slowly and anyone who stared at that small open parts felt their souls drawn to that darkness. It was like staring at the abyss and losing yourself into it.

Filled with the aura of destruction and death, the eye oozed the gloomy vibe of chaos as it pierced every formation of the auction house and shattered them in pieces.

Sensing the threat from that eye, everyone tried to throw their weapon artifacts and skills at that giant eye, hoping to interrupt it before it fully opened up. Yet all their attacks were either sealed in space or diverted away by the second hooded man.

"What a mess you made, Ronnie." The second hooded man said glancing at his partner whose eyes were probably bleeding profusely as blood drops trickled down his hood and fell to the ground constantly.

"Boss won't be happy." He said with some pity while shaking his head in disappointment.

To him Ronnie was just a new talent they found in a pile of other heretics they trained. But their organization did have some hopes with this one. That's why they wanted to pit him against all these young geniuses and see his prowess. But as he already expected, this kid was still too young and immature.

'But his skills sure are interesting. Eye of annihilation huh, what an art.' The second hooded man said with a maniacal happy expression. 'Can I seal it too?' He wondered, but then shook his head thinking now wasn't the right time.

Saisha brought out another treasure from her storage ring called 'Net of the Night.'

An artifact which could trap her enemies and put them to sleep and keep them in a dream-like state. Though the entrapment depended on some ranking limitations along with her opponent's mental strength.

But with half the crazed(Wrath affected) people already affected by her 'Calming tree' magic and the other half drained of mana and injured severely during this battle- using this net artifact now pulled everyone into itself easily and put them to sleep for the next 5 minutes.

The net artifact turned into a giant ball of prison which sucked everyone it could affect and put them to sleep. Reducing the load on everyone else by a lot.

As the people who were going nuts by Wrath's poison went away, there were only 40-50 people left now.

From the original crowd of around 800 people to now 230 people which were trapped by Saisha and counting those still sane now - it was clear that almost 500 people had died either by the Wrath's poisons and battles or by the kills caused by these two members of Evil's Scion.

For young students like them this was the first time they had seen so many deaths. People killing each other without any remorse or regret, fighting without any care for their safety while constantly trying hard to protect their sanity - It sure was a massive blow to their mental state. But poor them, didn't even get the time to handle this stress properly as their own lives were on the line.

Seeing the crowd which was reduced suddenly, the second man glanced at Saisha and then at the large circular chain ball artifact behind her.

"That's an interesting treasure, your highness. Why don't you pass it on to me." The hooded man said as he rushed to fight her and snatch this interesting artifact.

"You, can you handle him for some time," Vanessa asked looking at Saisha.

"Can try." Saisha said, not very optimistic about her winning chance.

Though they were all first years, but no one wasn't really familiar with anyone.

Especially Vanessa, who had been busy the past two years taking over the responsibilities which were meant for her brother.

Except for her maids and cousins, she didn't like to talk much with anyone else in the academy.

Which was quite an opposite character trait compared to her original outgoing and fiery personality in the novel.

But who can blame her, the lively girlish behavior of hers probably changed after seeing her brother being crippled and being forced to take his place in all the political and corporate responsibilities.

She was the second direct child of Belmont family head and also the one with the highest talent after Kendrick in the younger generation. If not for her being a girl, the Duke would even name her the next heir.

But that namesake title is the only thing she doesn't have now.

After witnessing the tricks and manipulation she had seen and suffered in the social gatherings and the people of the royal court Or from the elders of her family - this new responsibility was like a curse, for a girl her age and simple brain.

And who can she blame for all that anger and hatred, except the same white haired boy who came back from his grave.

She didn't hate Rio as much these past two years since he was already dead, while her brother was atleast still alive, albeit a normal mortal now.

But then this bastard of a ghost came back crawling from that dungeon and she took a 180° shift in anger management.

Saisha and the second hooded man started a fierce fight. They both liked to fight their opponents from a distance, not liked to getting their hands dirty, so it was quite an interesting sight to see their battle.

But no one had the mood for that.

The eye of annihilation was almost fully open and the walls and pillars around the halls were fully disintegrated into dust. Even the furniture and floor were creating pits everywhere slowly.

Those people who didn't have any good defensive artifacts were slowly turning into dust, like the scene where some purple head potato snapped his fingers and wiped everyone out.

"Let's kill that bastard first." Rebecca said and turned to look at the first hooded man, Ronnie.

Vanessa stared at her for some time hearing the elegant princess cursing like that, but Rebecca just shrugged her shoulders saying "People like them don't deserve her respect."

They both pulled their life saving treasures and main weapon artifacts as they rushed at Ronnie who was now covered in a chaotic miasma, looking very miserable himself.

Just the backlash of using that one skill had formed a pool of blood near his body, but the closer he got to fully controlling the power of annihilation in that opening eye, the more determined and maniacal he seemed to become.

Feeling the pressure and hearing the screams of those surviving awakeners dying one by one as their bodies disintegrated between heaven and ground, he gave a sinister laugh that sent chills down the spine of those closer to him.

"Can you see it, demon lords? The power of annihilation at my fingertips. You said I was a fool to try this, well who's the foolish one now."

"So stay and watch me perform. Let this venue and all its people be the sacrifices necessary for my true awakening." Ronnie said as he raised his hands in the air and laughed hysterically.

"Hehaha ahhhahaha die for me. Burst in dust, destroyed for forever. Let your deaths be the nourishment for my path of destruction. Ahahahha"

"This guy's gone nuts." Vanessa agreed with Rebecca on her previous conjecture and cursed this murderous maniac.

Her body was covered in an orange hue as a circular fiery disc floated over her head, protecting her from all the pressure and damage of destruction, that the giant eye was causing everywhere.

Same was the case for Rebecca, who had a glowing pendant on her chest, forming a pillar of golden light covered in runes and cyclic symbols, which protected her.

But they still underestimated the power of annihilation bestowed upon Ronnie by the demon lords of a certain hellish world.

Their treasures which could protect them whole felt failing as the blessing of destruction started corroding their bodies, seemingly ignoring any defense.

Feeling the threat of death, hairs stood on end for both the girls, as their brains started thinking countermeasures for this new development.

But just then a fire brighter than the sun appeared in the hall. But instead of burning them the heat seemed to protect them from the aura of destruction.

The hero was here.

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The heroines were in danger of course the protagonist had to appear.